Afghan national army air corp Airmen pilot two Mi-35 helicopters during a training sortie, with support from Czech Republic and U.S. coalition partners, over southern Afghanistan, Oct. 3.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Angelita Lawrence : U.S. Air Forces Central Public Affairs)
Ecuadorean Police display alleged members of a drug trafficking ring in Quito, Ecuador, 07 October 2009. The ring was made up by members of the Ecuadorean Army and two Colombian civilians and the operation in which they were arrested also resulted in the seizure of 3,83 tons of cocaine
Anti-riots Police member walk on a street after dissolve a demonstration of supporters of Honduran ousted President, Manuel Zelaya, near the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 07 October 2009, where the dialogues to try to find a solution for the political crisis in Honduras following the 28 June Coup d'etat are taking place
An handout picture provided by ECPAD on 07 October 2009 taken from the French Command ship La Somme, at high seas, Indian Ocean, shows the five captured pirates on their boat, as they are being approached by the ship's boarding party. The crew of La Somme, a French Navy tanker and Command Ship serving in the Indian Ocean, repelled a Somali pirates' night attack, and took five prisoners. It is believed that a number of pirates in two vessels mistook the ship for a cargo steamer and try to capture it on 06 October at around 1 am local time
A handout photograph released by the Spanish Defence Ministery, shows Spanish Defense Minister Carme Chacon (C-L), while Spanish military personel carry the coffin of Cristo Ancor Cabello Santana, the Spanish soldier killed 07 October 2009 in Afghanistan during the repatriation of the corpse to his homeland in the Canary Islands from the Spanish base in Herat, in the west of Afghanistan on 08 October 2009
A soldier stands guard next to a damaged pick up truck which had been carrying soldiers when it was ambushed in a roadside bomb explosion attack at Guelong village in Bannang Sata district of Yala province, southern Thailand, on 08 October 2009. According to police sources, between six and ten soldiers were seriously wounded in the attack, which they blame on separatist militants. The bomb went off as the convoy passed and they were also ambushed by gunmen hiding in a roadside forest, who fled the scene immediately afterward opening fire.
Turkish riot police detain a protestor during a rally against International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Istanbul, Turkey on 07 October 2009. The Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group held on 6-7 October in Istanbul